Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
A Train Rushes into a Crowd at a
 Station.-Other Casualties.

An incoming Baltimore X Ohio train rushed at full speed, says a Chicago despatch, into the crowd boarding the Illinois suburban train at Vanburen station. Fully 200 people were thronging the tracks at the time, and without whistle or note of warning the train was upon them. In an instant Miss Lottie Launder- vile was thrown through tho air a distance of twenty feet and fatally injured. Immediately after the accident the train slacked up and had barely stopped when the cab was boarded by an infuriated crowd of persons who had narrowly escaped death. The enginee was roughly seized and cries of ssLynch him!" "Kill him" were shouted from the hundreds of throats. Just in time to prevent the crowd officers arrived and rescued the frightened man. The engineer was quickly spirited away, and his name could not be learned. The train was going at full speed when it should have been at n standstill.
 Acollision occurred on the Cincinnati North ern Railroad three and half miles beyond Idlewild station. The Montgomery accommo- dation coming south and the outgoing pas sengcr train going north met at Bloody Run trestlc. Both engines were wrecked. Mrs. Proctor, living at South Norwood, and Mrs. Ringold were fatally injured. Engineer Ed ward Collins's ankle was broken by jumping. Engineer George Glasgow had a leg broken, and Edward Sickey, q passenger, . badly mashed foot. Chas. Barber, passen- ger, was injured about his face.
 
 was one by Representative Boutelle of Maine. appropriatng S6 GOO for the construction of four bridges across the St. John and St. Fran cis rivers, where they form the boundary be- tween Maine and New Brunswick, provided that the Government of Canada shall appro priate like sum for the purpose.
 A serious accident occurred on the Chero- kee and Dakota branch of the Illinois Central. A train loaded with supplies when about ten miles west of this place coliided with work train, which Lad on board about POO laborers, Tho collision occurred just at the end of a | long bridge. There was blizzard blowing from tho northwest, and neither engineer dis covered the danger until tho two trains were within twenty yards of each other.
 The engineer and fireman on the outgoing 1 train were badly injured. Fireman Ge 'rge Davis of Cherokee died from his injuries. En- gineer Caffell is in a critical condition, Il wing received severe injuries in the spine and in- ternaly. Many of the laborcrs were slightly injured. The incoming train was without orders.
 Probably the worst shaking up ever given train load of passengers without killing a single passenger outright was experienced by 150 people coming to Chicago in the regular seven coaches on the Minnesota and North passengers were injured, five of them seri- ously and two perhaps fatally Thoush every one of the seven coaches had both ends smaahed in, and ali were pitched off tho track, some heInS hurled over on tlielr sides, there was no cont1a grafton. This is more strange from the fact that all the coaches were fitted with tho old d-fashioned stove in tho corner. Another remarkable feature is tha { the accident happened just after the train had passed long bridge ten feet high The acci- dent occurring moment sooner would have made fearful catastrophe. Cause, spread rails.
 In the hea t of tho great pine forest between Fairfield and Phillips, on the Wisconsin Gen. tral road, a passenger train was wrecked about midnight. When the broken rail was en- countered it threw the sleeping car and first and second class coaches from the track, the baggage car and engine remaining on the roadbed The cars were we'll filled with pas sengers, and but few escaped without injuries of more or less importance. Thero were six ty passengers aboard. Tie train was running at n high speed, and the cars ran into the woods and were piled in heap. e